New Delhi: Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea to ban practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision prevailing in Muslims, specially Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community and issued notice to Centre and ministry of law and justice seeking their response.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan issued notice…
Mumbai: One of the city’s oldest philanthropic landmarks—the Bomanjee Hormarjee Wadia fountain and clock tower in Fort—is nearing completion of its fresh phase of preventive restoration, nearly a decade after a major effort saved it from collapse.It is believed to be the city’s only structure combining a clock tower with a drinking water trough, designed…
Thane: Following repeated complaints of rising inefficiency and citizen neglect within the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) offices, including the headquarters, the senior administration has now issued a stringent circular tightening discipline across all departments.Irregular attendance by officials, including their unexplained unavailability during duty hours, the disregard to meet and listen to public grievances, and repeated…
Mumbai: A group of residents of Powai and Chandivli are protesting against the sanction given to cut or transplant more than 100 fully grown trees that stand a plot, CTS-9, near the Shimmering Heights building. Some trees have already been cut and the residents plan to protest on the streets if it does not stop….
Mumbai: At least 10 students from St Xavier’s College have filed complaints with the institution’s Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), alleging sexual harassment by a guest speaker invited for a national seminar earlier this week. The speaker, who had been staying on campus, reportedly clicked photographs of female students without their consent and allegedly brushed past…
Mumbai: BMC has sent assistant municipal commissioner Mahesh Patil, in-charge of S ward (Bhandup), on a one-month compulsory leave following allegations of “improper investment” in a Bandra redevelopment project. In his written complaint to the chief minister, state director general of police, and Mumbai police commissioner, an NRI resident alleged that Patil had advised him…
Mumbai: Even as the Bombay High Court said that a 91-year-old woman is living with her son and his family out of her own will and not illegally detained, it allowed her daughter to visit her on Sundays for three hours.Justices Bharati Dangre and Shyam Chandak on Monday clarified that the son’s family “shall ensure…
Mumbai: About 25 lakh Indians living with HIV have partners who could have been protected from infection by nearly 100% with a twice-yearly lenacapavir PrEP injection, priced at about $40 per person per year. However, this remains a distant dream as the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) refused to waive local trials when one…
Mumbai: Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) on Friday launched exclusive discounted monthly passes on its MetroConnect3 mobile application, becoming the first Metro in the country to offer a pass facility entirely through a mobile app.Commuters on Metro Line 3 can avail themselves of the following trip-based discounts: 15% discount on 60-trip passes and 10% discount…
Mumbai: More than 36 hours after a 65-year-old woman, Shehnaz Anees Kazi, was found bludgeoned to death in her Ghatkopar (W) flat, police on Friday arrested the wife of her stepson for allegedly committing the crime over a long-standing property dispute. Ghatkopar police said they tracked down and identified Mumtaz Irfan Khan (51) based on…
